==Release Note for Perl2exe version 22.00 for Linux-POWER
Release Date: Aug 8 2016
=Introduction
This note covers Perl2Exe V22.00. This version of Perl2Exe provides support for Perl 5.22.0.
This is an overview of how to install and use Perl2Exe, full details are in the user manual which is included with the download tarball.
=About Perl2Exe
Perl2Exe is a command line utility for converting Perl scripts to stand alone executables. Perl2Exe also comes with a stand alone copy of a Perl command line interpreter.
=Binary Compatibility
This build of Perl2Exe has been tested to work on and will generate code that will run on the following platforms:
SUSE 12.0 LE
RedHat 7.2 LE
RedHat 7.1 LE
Ubuntu 15.10
Ubuntu 15.04
=How to Install
Download the installation tarball from the following URL:
http://www.indigostar.com/download/p2x-22.00-Linux-POWER-5.22.0.tar.gz
You can install as a normal user and not as root. Install in a subdirectory below your home directory using the command below
cd ~
tar zxf p2x-22.00-Linux-POWER-5.22.0.tar.gz
cd perl2exe-Linux-POWER-5.22.0
./setup
export PATH=`pwd`:`pwd`/perl5/bin:$PATH
If you have a registration key then install it using the following command then enter your registration key when prompted.
perl2exe -register
=How to build and run a sample test script
Build and run one of the sample scripts using the commands below:
cd ~/perl2exe-Linux-POWER-5.22.0
./perl2exe lwpsamp.pl
./lwpsamp
=Adding additional Perl modules
Perl2Exe comes with some common Perl modules, if you need attional modules you can install them using the 'cpan' command. Make sure that ~/perl2exe-install-directory/perl5/bin appears in your PATH environment variable before any other path to the system Perl. You will also need to make sure that a C compiler and make are installed.
Example:
cpan Crypt::UnixCrypt_XS